Born 1977 in Canada

Education

2002 - 2004         BA Honours (2:1) Jewellery/Metalwork - The North Wales School of Art and Design, Wrexham

2000 - 2002        HND Design Crafts - The North Wales School of Art and Design,

                Wrexham

1998 - 1999        City and Guilds Fashion - West Cheshire Art College

Training/Courses

Jan 2006        'Getting Started' Business Course for Jewellers and Silversmiths, Goldsmiths Company, London

Exhibitions/Shows

Feb-April 2007        Llangollen Pavillion, Llangollen, Wales

Dec 2006        'Inner City Living' Exhibition, Preston

Nov 06-Jan 07        'Objects of Desire' Artworks-mk, Milton Keynes

Oct 06/Oct 05        N.A.M.E (New Artists and Makers Emporium) trade/retail show,

                Stoneleigh

Sept 2006        'Juicy Fruity' The Workshop, Lewes, East Sussex

Aug 2006        'Contemporary Craft' The Kitchen Gallery, Runcorn, Cheshire

June 2006        'New Designers Online' stand at New Designers, London

Oct 2005        Oriel Corwen, Red Shed Group Exhibition

Sept 2005        Chatsworth Country Fair - retail show

Nov 2004        'Bangle', Rufford Craft Centre

June 2004         New Designers, London

Current Outlets

Nicola Hurst Designer Jewellery, Plymouth

Colette Hazelwood, Manchester Craft and Design Centre

Work Experience

2005                Teaching - fly pressing, North Wales School of Art and Design,

                Wrexham

2004                Workshop experience with jeweller Jo Lavelle

2003                Teaching - intaglio technique, The College of West Anglia

"My current range focuses on the contrasts of beauty and allurement combined with entrapment. Inspired by the natural abilities of venus fly traps and webs to entice and capture insects, my pieces are designed to catch the light and the eye through colour and movement, whilst some pieces have trapped beads within or monofilament that appears to have spun around the wearer. Placement of the jewellery on the body also plays a key role in the attraction to, and enhancement of the feminine form - the slender neck, delicate wrist, and graceful hand."

Technical Information

"Originally a process used in industry, anodising is an electro-chemical process that produces a hard, clear and porous oxide onto the surface of aluminium. This oxide layer will absorb dyes and pigments whilst allowing the luster of the metal beneath to reflect through the colours. Once dyed, the colours are locked into the film by boiling the aluminium in water. The result after sealing is a very hardwearing surface. I anodise all of the jewellery pieces from my studio. A carefully chosen palette of bright or subtle colours dyed onto the aluminium is further enhanced by a selection of textures pressed onto the metal by the intaglio technique using a rolling mill."